#53B0DE#53B0DE

#53B0DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.110 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0DE
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -13.85, -31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 34.29, 246.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0669 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.11 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2723, 38.1603, 74.7580)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0DE #DE8153

analogous

#53DEC6 #53B0DE #536BDE

triadic

#53B0DE #DE53B0 #B0DE53

tetradic

#53B0DE #C653DE #DE8153 #6BDE53

square

#53B0DE #C653DE #DE8153 #6BDE53

split-complementary

#53B0DE #DE536B #DEC653

monochromatic

#1D7099 #2796CD #53B0DE #86C8E8 #BADFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#53B0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#53B0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0DE

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0DE	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.110 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7e8',
    500: '#53b0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0de;
$custom-light: #90c7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.856,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71939,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0DE

secondary

#E1BDAC

accent

#773DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0DE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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